Although I’ll be presenting for 6 News while votes are counted, I’ll have the ABC broadcast showing on another monitor – waiting for that final call
The first election I remember vividly was Victoria in 2018. I would have just turned 11 years old and Dan Andrews was on his way to a second-straight victory. The only man to watch for results? Antony Green.
At this time I was still – of course – just gaining an interest in the news, politics and especially elections. I sat down on the couch with a notepad and wrote down all 88 seats in the lower house, then proceeded to colour-code each seat with one of those four-colour pens. The only place for me to get information that night was from watching the ABC’s broadcast and quickly scribbling down a new result every time the hosts went back to Green. I was still seated by the time he made his election call several hours later.
Leo Puglisi is chief anchor and managing director at 6 News Australia
